Baseball Game Preview: Camp Point Central Panthers vs. Liberty Eagles

The Camp Point Central Panthers will face off against the Liberty Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Camp Point Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Camp Point Central and Monmouth United have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Panthers fell just short of the Red Storm by a score of 5-4.

Briggs Wiskirchen

Runs

03/26/25 vs Rushville-Industry	3
04/03/25 @ Monmouth United	2
04/01/25 vs Pleasant Hill/Western	2
03/18/25 vs Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg	2
03/29/25 @ Brown County	1
+ 1 more games

Briggs Wiskirchen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Camp Point Central's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't). Nate Peters was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Liberty was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell 4-1 to Quincy Notre Dame. The Eagles have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.

Liberty saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Sparrow, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.

Camp Point Central's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Liberty, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-2.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Camp Point Central has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Liberty struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 6.7 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more.

Everything went Camp Point Central's way against Liberty when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Camp Point Central made off with a 12-2 victory. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.